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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-09
For Sale at q Bargain.

A neat cottage on DignOwity hill; rooms,
with hall, and front and back gallery, two fine
lots enclosed. hydrant water, and good neigh
borhood Price, $1,000 Terms easy Address
I7-l5-t5.l L. b. JOHNSON, LIGHT Office.
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A BARGAIN.

FOR SALE-2GO acres under good fence,
part of survey No. 20, district |, Castro's Col
ony, Medina county, miles northeast from
Quihi; also the right to $40 acres of school
land, ~ miles northwest OF the place, good
range, "A acres in cultivation on 2GO acres,
good frame house with rooms, a large tank
and cistern. Price, 5000, One-third cash
and the balance in one and two years, or more
time If desired, with 10 per cent. interest
good wagon, plOws and farming implements,
two horses and two milch cows TO go with the
land, and, il desired, a lot of good stock, TO be
sold at market value, for cash. For particu.
lars call at the LIGHT Office.
LORENZO CASTRO.
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SCROFULOUS HUMORS.

Last spring was very sick, being covered
with some kind of sCTOfula. The doctors
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would like to have il told to the public
EDW. HOFFMAN,
North AttlebOrO Mass
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TUESDAY. AUGUST 9. 1887.
Rave The Light Mailed.

Parties leaving the city for the sum
mer can have the LIGHT sent TO them
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Prohibition does not prevent your
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Houston street. z &c l2t
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CURA SOAP prepared rom ii, externally, and
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of skin and blood disease from pimples to
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Sold everywhere. Price: CUTICURA, 50 cents:
CUTICURA SOAP, % cents; CUTICURA RESOLv-
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Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases"
bTMPLES, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes
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We guarantee them. % and 90 cents.
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AGENTS FOR THR LIGHT.

ENTERED AT PosroFTICE AT SAN ANTONIO,
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SKIN DISEASE CURED.

Mr.. Frank McClusky says that your CUTI-
CERA REMEDIES cured his boy of skin dis
ease after several doctors had failed to help
the boy. He spent one hundred dollars with
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j. L. TIFFANY,
Mount Pleasant. Pa
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A Valuable SANITARY Patent.

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A frame house with six rooms, stable and
a good cistern; lot well enclosed: on Navarro
street One-half mile from Main plaza. Price,
S23OO. Inquire of Lorenzo Castro, at the LIGHT
Office. l-2I-tl
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a Q a r ID.

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SNNC 1 pseiS GRdi1 liable They he sudden sBS Ss
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee 1i,i,te o Aeker's English
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
For sale by Ragland & Kennedy. "
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Special rates given on larger space and long
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YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
A TRUE STORY OF THREE CHILL
DREN AND THE LOST PAPA.

Aunt Sally, IN Amusing Game Of Eng
lish Origin-SOme OF tho Characteris.
tics Of Guinea Pigs, with Directions
for Taking Care Of Them.
Among the numerous pets for boys the
guinea pig has always held its own and
formed an important adjunct to the rabbitry.
Guinea pigs nre very timid by nature, and,
like rabbits, prefer darkened hutch. Bur-
rowing under the hay or straw, they will
squat for hours, sitting closely together. The
dinner hour marks an exciting period in these
little creatures lives. AS their keeper arrives
with the meal, deafening chorus of squeaks
is raised and the pigs trot about with their
heads in the air. But no sooner is the pen
door opened to throw in the food than away
the little grunters rush to their hiding place
in the straw.
After a time they timidly creep out to feed,
sending small female first to reconnoiter,
the gentleman pig waiting until the females
have made quite certain that there is no dam
ger. Then they set to work and greedily
tear up the food, with much petty quarreling
and crashing Of teeth over dainty bits. The
meal over, the toilet occupies some little time,
for guinea pigs are u pattern OF cleanliness
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Or. Cages Next Visit.

Cough ,Hemo,,Aage,- Lying .Disease..Mrs. A. L
cssy West % H. up IN las;
geo and we'll L. G. Boutwell,, Montpelier, VT, very
low with lung disease, Dr. Gage cured him and did moi
see him. Mrs: L. A. Sawyer, Reene, N. H., had Sc
we're cough and hemorrhgge. Dr. Gage treated her two
years and she has had no hemorrhages since.
Female COMPLAINTS, Ovarian 7mmors, ete.-'My
wife had been treated year and half by one of Con
treatment until her health almost ruined Dr. Gage
e silver PEE Pelr r Concord, n. n, H." ' ~ treatment
Mrs. VIM. Baldwin, ST., Johnsbury, Vt, cured Of
falling ovarian irritation ulceration etc. for years.
dna ndary local s'ers Mrs. Mary smith, East
Candida N. H. cured Of an ovarian tumor as large as
persons head.
Cancers. Hmmors, ete.-Avin Bruce Of Williams
willie had cancer on his face. Under DR.. Cages
r.atmentit has disappeared G. Ambrose. Londonderry
n H., cured Of cancer on his \, lip F.: M Dole North.
Terrific Disease efthe Blood and Bone-"My wife
had terrible ulcers from her knee to her foot and had
used eruches y years Dr. Gags cured her so there
trace of disease. Orrn Weber, Manchester.
N. H., P. o. Bedford, N. H."
CetarrA, Deafness, DiscAarging. Ears,-"Dr.
Gage cured my son of deafness and discharging
E h had nd ssd h% N a Nary Of Baldwin, saae
Keene, N. H., deafness and discharging cured.
Miss M. j. Barnet, Walpole, N: H., aged 10 had Ca
tarrh an1 very deaf; cured and can hear whisper.
had eaten a hole through roof Of mouth, cured.
Covered 7u,tA Itching, Burning, Discharglne Hin
morS-"My son helpless in bed with terrible hui
which covered the entire body. Dr. Gage has cur
ed him. He also cured me of serious difficulty, c.
w. Bean, Brentwood, N, H..
F,zsAtjMl Bleeding from the Kianeys.-"! was so
low with kidney disease and had such rghtful hemor
rhages that my physician gave hope and abandon
ed my case. As last my consulted DR. Gage
who sent remedies without seeing which have effect
ed cure. l have not been well for IS years. DR..
Levi Dodge, Waterford, VT"
Heart Disease. DEBILITY, etc.-Lillie Williams 81
Elliott St. Bratteboro, VT, confined to her bed with
heart difficulty. remarkable re overy, Many other
cases given
Blindness Sore Eyes, etc.-'I had scrofulOus opth;;
thalmia and my sight was very poor. Dr. Gage cured
me so can read fine print. Addie Cooper, Keene, N.
H. "My daughter was blind. Dr. Gage cured her.
Nathaniel Williams, Sener's block, Manchester N. H.
Spinal Disease Cured and Gained IS Po"naS.--G.
s. Appleton Esq, of Burlington, the well:kn tick
helpless with spinal disease that Dr. Gage has cured
he has gained IS pounds.
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owner tied him to the neck of an old ram,
leaving the rope between them about six
feet In length; not long enough to permit
the dog to jump over the fence and hang
himself and perhaps strangle the sheep
too. It occurred In a small field. The
sheep made several passes at the dog,
which the brute successfully lodged, the
dog all the time pulling and working his
way to the fence; arriving there, he made
an effort to scale it, but the rope held
him, and at that moment the sheep gave
him whack which made him Xxi VI" for
certain. The dog then settled down In q
corner of tn. fence, growing and appa.
rcntly bidding defiance to his antagonist.
The sheep stepped back, got the range Of
the canine and like the eliminated batter
ing ram" he was, gave that dog blow
which sent him out of his corner in a
hurry. The dog then kept in the open
field us the safest place. After q little
more skirmishing the owner unyoked this
unmatched team. The dog lived for sew
eral years after, but never molested sheep
again"
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Leading CrOps.

| The present area in corn is about rs,
600, 900 acres, equal to the entire breadth
of arabic cultivation of the United States
twenty years ago. There has been a de-
cided change from wheat to corn in Kan
sas, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota.
Even in Dakota the percentage of increase
in area is about as large in maize as in
wheat.
There has been heavy decline in the
condition of winter wheat in Kansas, a
material reduction in California, with
some loss in several of the southern states.
A somewhat serious decline has also oc-
Cured in spring wheat caused by the
chinch bugs and drought.
The average condition of winter rye is
reported at SO; of spring rye at S4.3. The
general average condition of barley is
1913. Oats are in excellent condition in
New England and the middle states.
From Mississippi westward the crop was
harvested generally in low condition.
The status of the cotton crop has not
declined since the last report. The aver
age condition is 81, which is four points
higher than the average at the same sea-
son in the previous ten years.
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The Lost Papa.

Aho Aoso op0s
The following story, related in Babyhood,
is said to be an actual fact:
Three little children rode down to the sta
ton with papa, who was going 'to town" for
family supplies. Papa had always worn
heavy whiskers and mustache. He visited
the barber and came home with closely
cropped locks and close trimmed mustache
only. The loss of his mxuriant beard actually
transformed him so that his 'best friend"
would have scarcely known him. The chill
dren, being accustomed to strangers, chatted
with him on his return; and nothing strange
was noticed until they began to worry lest
papa was not coming home that night.
"Why, papa has come home" said mamma
in wondering tones.
"Why don't he come in the houses"
"Why, he has been in. Don't you remem-
Der he brought you some peanuts"
"That gentleman? That's company"
In vain mamma explained; and, when papa
came into the house again, he was told the
children's grief at his non-return He tried
to convince them; but it was not possible.
The positive temperament they had inherited
from him was not to be argued with success
fully. Nravely they noticed that he actually
received oil papas privileges, and seemed
scandalized that lie put them to bed and &C.
cupied papa's room, and waited on them just
as papa used to do! Gradually they fell into
the habit of calling him papa, but to them he
was the "new papa" and they sadly wondered
for months if the "old papa" who went to
town." would never, never come home any
more
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The petroleum industr-in the United
States dates from the "hfties," the first
sale of American oil taking place in 1854,
but Abraham Schrcincr, by documents
in the archives in Vienna, produced illu-
minating oil MS early as 1853. lie owned
n piece Of land in Boryslaw, where, in an
opening in the earth, he found black,
tar like substance which the peasants
had used from time immemorial to heal
wounds and grease their wagon wheels.
Schreiner got the idea that the fluid in
the clay might be employed in other
ways. He kneaded ball from the
slime, stuck wick into it, and it burned
brightly with red flame until the sub
stance was exhausted. This was the first
petroleum lamp.
Later, Schreiner heard something Of
distillation and determined to try few
experiments He purchased huge kettle
and transformed it into distlling appa-
ratus as well as possible, filled it with the
black earth and placed it upon the fire
to accomplish the distillation. But that
happened more rapidly than he wished.
The petroleum exploded, the kettle was
broken into a thousand pieces, and
Schreiner's body was covered with scars.
Hardly recovered from his wounds he
began his experiments again with a
proper apparatus. into the secrets of
which an apothecary had introduced
him. Here he was crowned with better
success. He gained product which re-
sembled strongly smelling oil, and pc
troleum was found. He filed bottle
and sold it to a druggist in Dropobyez.
That was in the year 1853. Schreiner
was, therefore, not only the discoverer of
petroleum, but the first who introduced
it into commerce. Berlin Cor. New York
Tribune.
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A GUINEA PIG HUTCH.

The same requirements are observed in
making hutches for guinea pigs that are
given to those for rabbits. Golden Days rec
ommends the one shown in the cut, and de-
scribes it as follows: It is 5 feet long, 2 feet
inches wide and 2 feet high. A is the door of
the sleeping apartment, with circular hole
communicating with the wire run. B is the
door Of the living and feeding compartment,
and has also a circular hole into the wire run.
C, the wire fronted run in the middle, with
the drawer D for cleaning out purposes
The above is portable hutch, and in fine
weather may be lifted out on the grass and
the drawer D removed, so thet the little pigs
can enjoy run OH the grass. Ell.
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How to Root Cuttings.

Many plants may be propagated with
ease from cuttings, provided one knows
just how to proceed Susan Power, in
American Garden, gives in detail some
exceedingly careful directions, from which
the following points are CLEANED: The
pots and soil, or cutting bed, should be
made ready beforehand so that slips may
be promptly placed therein as soon as cut.
The best cutting is a shoot of new growth,
just before it Crews woody at all or
fibrors, but will snap off clean without
strings. This should have three buds, if
possible, though one leaf and leaf bud will
start in good care. Roots start from the
bud at the base Of the leaf sooner than
from any other part. Take off all leaves
for an inch or two and stick the cutting in
sand to the lowest bud. The essential
thing is to keep cuttings entirely fresh till
planted by setting in water, or, what is
better, wrapping them lightly in a moist
cloth. The loss of their sap by evapora-
ton before Or after setting is their death.
Boxes three inches deep, half filled with
sand and light mixture of fibry soil OF
leaf mold, faced off with an inch of pure
sand, make good cutting beds when q
number are to be struck, as with coleus,
alternantheras and bedding plants gener-
ally, when one wants plenty to use and
some to give away.
For a few cuttings, the best thing is a
six inch flower pot, the drain hole plugged
with cork two inches of broken bits of
! crock laid in, and porous pot, half the
size or less, set within the larger one and
kept full of water. Between the rims of
the two pots, which should be on level,
the space is filed with sand, in which the
cuttings are set against the outer rim and
well wet. The draining from the inside
pot of water keeps the cuttings always
moist and they hasten to root. Sand is
best, being easy for the tender root
threads to enter and free from decaying
particles, which in soil cause cuttings to
rot at once. But when the first roots are
made known by the freshening of the
terminal bud or shoot of the cutting, i'm
mediately pot or change to richer soil that
has food for the plant, or it will lose
strength. Prompt planting must be given.
Shade all cuttings for the first day or
two, until the first shock of the change is
over. When danger of tagging is past
give cuttings the stimulus of light, shad-
ing from hot sun and wind. Seeds and
cuttings never start more delightfully."-
than under shades of oiled paper tied over
the pot or tackled on the box. For open
ground, frames with oiled cotton covers
should be used to protect tender cuttings
from changes of temperature.
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Give Them a Chance!

That is to say, your lungs. Also all your
breathing machinery. Very wonderfufma
chinery it is. Not only the larger air-pas-
sages, but the thousands of little tubes and
cavities leading from them.
When these are clogged and choked with
matter which ought not to be there your
lungs cannot half dO their work. And
what they do, they cannot do well.
Call it cold, cough, Group, pneumonia. ca
throat and nose and head and lung obstruc-
tons. all are bad. All ought to be got rid
Of There is just one sure way to get rid of
them. That is to take BOschee's German
Syrup, which any druggist will sell you at
IS cents a bottle. Even if everything else
has failed you, you may depend upon this
for certain.
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Cut four strong sticks about five or six
feet long and as thick as ones arm. Point
these and drive in the ground in form of
a parallelogram. Tie a strong rope be-
tween the end sticks and fasten the ham,
mock to them. If the tops of the sticks
are bent over and tied together large
square of netting may be thrown over to
protect the sleeper from insects, or a
square of canvas in the day time to keep
off the glare of the sun.
The hammock here illustrated is made
of barrel slaves dashed to two pieces of
strong rope about eight feet long. In
place of this can be substituted Irvine
or other hammock, such as are for sale at
the stores, but the home made continuance
will be found much better than none at
all
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PERFECT AND IMPERFECT DRAINS.

Mayor Wheeler, of Auburn, N. Y, in a
pamphlet recently issued describes, with
illustrations, the dangers which often
arise from badly laid sewers and drain
pipes. A common mistake is the one
represented in the first figure shown in
the cut. AS will be seen, the cement pipe
is badly laid, the projecting collars pre-
venting the sections of the pipe from rest
ing on sufficient support. The conse-
quence is, the earth above the pipes cracks
apd breaks them, allowing the leakage Of
impure water and the escape of foul air
through every opening. The remaining fig
ure shows pipe properly laid, being COM
pactly bedded in earth so that the support
Is ample for the pressure, and breakage,
in consequence, cannot occur.
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Agricultural News.

Breeding Shetland ponies for childrens
use is becoming an important industry in
this country.
A remarkable variety of asparagus, dis
covered in Russia, is described as having
stalks as thick as u mans wrist, with y
height of six feet.
ST. Louis, Mo-, the year round, is a
great market for mules.
Northern capitalists are rapidly acquir-
ing all the pine lands in southern AID
bama that are still owned by the govern
ment.
The condition of peaches, along with
that of apples, shows decided decline since
the June report, the condition being low
in the majority of states where this fruit
is grown.
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uau nlru ury
hoofs and contracted feet, which was
caused by natural tendency, increased
by shoeing with high calks.
For want of use, the frog had withered
away, and the horse was always lame.
The shoes We're taken off, and tips (see
engraving) only were used. These were
thin plates, reaching around the fore half
of the hoofs only, to protect the toes from
wearing away. The frog and the heels
thus came to the ground at every step;
the bars were able to spread, and the
proper functions of the feet, to preserve
healthful action and growth, We're given
full play. The horse soon became sound,
the frog grew BEAUTIFULLY, and the feet
were in perfect order, while the expense
of shoeing was greatly reduced.
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Lace Aprons.

Attractive aprons of lace are made of the
skirt widths Of Oriental and other founcings
in black and white. The usual model is ar
ranged with a yard Of Aouncing, cut off at
the top to make it the desired length, then
either hemmed or trimmed with lace edging
on the sides, and gathered over ribbon at
the top, which ribbon forms the belt and
strings. The piece Of lace cut from the apron
is made up in shirred pockets, which are fin
ished with ribbon bows.
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the ground; and when in gala costume, Aunt
Sally is usually arrayed in a mob cap and a
petticoat The mode Of playing the game is
as follows: The iron rod is stuck into the
ground, pipe put into the old lady's mouth,
and line drawn upon the ground at twelve,
sixteen or more paces At this line the
players stand, and each is furnished with
three short cudgels about eighteen inches in
length, which they hurl at Aunt Sally's head
in hopes of hitting the pipe The best plan is
to throw the cudgels underhand, giving them
a rapid rotatory movement at the same time.
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Useful Suggestions.

Beef suet, sailed, is as good as lard for fry
ing.
Tie or skewer fowls and joints into shape
before boiling.
The gridiron should be well creased and
hot before placing meat OH it.
Canton flannel makes an excellent busting
cloth for highly polished furniture
Wash gliding with warm water in which
an onion has been boiled and dry with soft
cloth.
Woven mating cuffs such as butchers use,
bronzed and hung by ribbons, make pretty
holders for whisE brooms
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A COnundrum in Rhyme.

A Conundrum in Rhyme.
My first Generals beauties hid
When from her spouse she ran
The miser stores beneath its lid
The root which curses man.
In noted trio find number two,
When we draw round the winter fire;
We crack our jokes and this cracks too,
AS the flames on the hearth leap higher
Some nations grind to -four my whole,
To nourish them from foot to poll
Bunny and drop the hull beneath
And prSs out its sweetness with our teeth
-Harper's Young Folks.
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An Inexpensive LUXURY.

A good hammock is O luxury that ought
to found i'll every section of country dur
ing the summer season. The cut shows O
contrivance by which, with small ex-
pense a double luxury may be gained,
viz: hammock inside tent The tent
part of the arrangement will be especially
appreciated in localities where flies, mus
quitoes or gnats abound. A World con-
tributor tells how to make it.